linux-kernel - Re: arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c:show_trace should use __kernel_text

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Date:	30 Aug 2006 18:58:04 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@...stal.dyndns.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c:show_trace should use __kernel_text_address

Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@...stal.dyndns.org> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I noticed arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c:show_trace uses kernel_text_address to
> verify that an address can potentially belong to kernel code. However, this
> version takes a spinlock and should not be called from oops. I think
> __kernel_text_address would be more appropriate there.

Ok I changed it. Thanks

-Andi
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